Blog

Stories & insights

Buckner

Filter

Longview: LeTourneau, Buckner partnership helps improve academic readiness for elementary students

From the Longview News-Journal: LONGVIEW, Texas - Schoolchildren across the state have spent the past several months prepping for mandated tests, and LeTourneau University entrepreneurship students have...
Read More about Longview: LeTourneau, Buckner partnership helps improve academic readiness for elementary students

LNJ: Buckner International breaks ground on new campus for single moms, children

Buckner International expanded its East Texas ministries Monday with a groundbreaking ceremony in South Longview. "This is a natural extension of the good work that has been...
Read More about LNJ: Buckner International breaks ground on new campus for single moms, children

Buckner International breaks ground on $6 million project for new campus

LONGVIEW, Texas – Buckner International executives and community leaders broke ground this morning to begin construction on the $6 million dollar project for the new Buckner Family...
Read More about Buckner International breaks ground on $6 million project for new campus

Faith Focus: We are family

Editor’s note: April is National Volunteer Month. All month, we’ll be featuring devotional thoughts from Buckner volunteers around Texas. If you’d like to browse our online database...
Read More about Faith Focus: We are family

DALLAS: Woman, 68, learns to read through Oak Cliff nonprofit’s pilot adult literacy program

DALLAS - Jerutha Pratt said one day she wants to read a newspaper at the graveside of her brother. She’s closer to doing that, as the 68-year-old...
Read More about DALLAS: Woman, 68, learns to read through Oak Cliff nonprofit’s pilot adult literacy program

Buckner in Amarillo

[kad_youtube url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIk-Juyudvw&feature=youtu.be" width="600" height="400"]
Read More about Buckner in Amarillo

Midland: Single mother receives opportunity after teen pregnancy

MIDLAND, TX (Local Big 2 News) - After a teen pregnancy, a mother of two received the opportunity of a lifetime and is currently interning with Representative...
Read More about Midland: Single mother receives opportunity after teen pregnancy

Faith Focus: A servant’s heart

Editor’s note: April is National Volunteer Month. All month, we’ll be featuring devotional thoughts from Buckner volunteers around Texas. If you’d like to browse our online database...
Read More about Faith Focus: A servant’s heart

Faith Focus: Our brothers and our sisters

Editor’s note: April is National Volunteer Month. All month, we’ll be featuring devotional thoughts from Buckner volunteers around Texas. If you’d like to browse our online database...
Read More about Faith Focus: Our brothers and our sisters

Buckner sends 6,700 pairs of shoes to aid refugees affected by ISIS

DALLAS – Buckner International is sending more than 6,700 pairs of shoes to aid refugees in Kurdistan who have fled from the Islamic State of Iraq and...
Read More about Buckner sends 6,700 pairs of shoes to aid refugees affected by ISIS